Boazi languages

The Boazi languages, also known as the Lake Murray languages, are a pair of languages in the Trans–New Guinea family, spoken near Lake Murray (Papua New Guinea). They were previously classified in the Marind branch.

The languages are Kuni-Boazi and Zimakani.

Phonemes

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:

Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.

Pronouns

The pronouns are:

References

Further reading

• Voorhoeve, C.L. "The Languages of the Lake Murray Area". In Voorhoeve, C., McElhanon, K., Blowers, B. and Blowers, R. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 12. A-25:1-18. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1970.